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Hi YHMiansđđ..Im back with another OS after a long timeđ. Of late Raman has been hurling too many challenges towards Ishita in the showđ. So inspired by his challenges, I have attempted to write this ISHRA OSâď¸. Hope you all enjoy reading this story.đ
Note: My OS has few references to the Hollywood movie "The Conjuring". There are no spoilers as such, but I have touched upon a couple of scenes from the movie. So if there is anyone here who hasn't watched the movie and doesn't appreciate knowing about it, I would ask you to stay away. Ok so here goes:
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After changing into her night clothes,Ishita walked into the room to see her Raavan Kumar's eyes fixated on the TV. He was intently watching a movie. As she walked towards the TV, it took her some time to figure out the genre of the movie. It had a creepy tune to it and she instantly realized it was a horror movie. Ishita had always avoided watching horror movies. She never had an inclination to gory and haunting story-lines, neither did she want to face the aftermath of watching the horror movie, that is getting afflicted by nightmares. So she basically stuck to watching chick flicks or romantic comedies. Raman had been observing her from the corner of his eye and could sense the discomfort as her expressions changed on realization of it being a horror movie. She turned around and headed towards the couch to sleep. Normally, Ishita would sit beside him and watch the movie for awhile before she fell asleep, but today her behavior was peculiar. He assumed she might be fearing watching a horror movie and thought about it as a great opportunity for him to tease her.
Ram: Hey Jhansi ki Rani..Main "The Conjuring" movie dekh raha hoon..Tum bhi baitke mere saath dekh sakti hoon.
Ish: Nahi Raman..Mai theek hoon..Mujhe bahut neend bhi aarahi hai..Isliye mei so jaati hoon..Aap dkhiye na..Mai sojaaongi..I'm good.
He could clearly see she trying to avoid the situation of watching the movie. His assumption now led to a confirmation that his JKR was uncomfortable watching the horror movie. He decided to play along with her:
Ram: Accha aisi baat hai..Sach mei neend aarahi hai ya phir horror movie dekhne se darr rahi hoon? Waise toh Jhansi ki Rani banti phirti hoon, ab kya hua?
Ish: Mai kissise bhi nahi darti hoon naa hi aapke horror movie se darrti hoon
Saying so, she tried to fake her bravery in watching the movie.
Ram: Accha aise baat hai toh mai tumhe challenge karta hoon ke tum mere paas aake yaha baitho aur poori film mere saath dekho.
Ishita did not want to watch the movie, but as usual her female ego did not permit her from saying "No" to him. She thought to herself "Ishu, ek choti si film hi to hai. Do ghante ke andar khatam hojaayega. Iske liye iss Raavan Kumar ke saamne apna haar mat maanna.Joh bhi nightmares hoga woh sab baad mei dekhlenge. Abhi it's important to win against Raavan Kumar".
Ish: Ok fine..Challenge accepted Mr.Ramam Kumar Bhalla. Mai aapke saath baitke movie dekhoongi.
Ishu picked up her tiny pillow and headed towards the bed, while Raman gave a slight smirk on his victory. He very well knew she would get scared and decided to add fire to the fuel. She settled into the bed beside him, under the comforter, and laid her back against the headboard with the tiny pillow on her lap and started to watch the movie. It was then that Raman decided to make his first movie:
Ram: Waise Ishita jaanti ho..Yeh movie naa real life incident hai. Aise hua hai sach mei. Toh yeh kisi ke bhi saath ho sakta hai.
Her heart started beating faster than normal. Not only was she watching a horror movie, to make things worse for her, it was a real life incident. She tried to feign being courageous:
Ish: Raman..toh..toh kya hua..real life ho ya na ho..Mujhe kya fark padega..Aap movie dekhiye naa.
They continued watching the movie. As Ishita was watching the screen, her fear kept on increasing each minute anticipating how gory or ghastly it would turn out to be. The first scene that scared the wits out of her was the witch jumping off the wardrobe. She clung on tightly to her pillow pressing it when she got scared and looked away. Raman's attention was entirely towards her throughout the movie.Rather than being engrossed in the movie, he was keenly observing her every movement.
Ram: Kya hua Ishita..Udhar kya dekh rahi ho? Screen tumhaare saamne hai. Paani chahiye kya?
She lied saying:
Ish: No Raman..Woh..kuch nahi. Maine kuch giradiya. Isliye maine uss taraf modli. Paani nahi chahiye.
As they continued to watch the movie, Raman had an amused smirk on his face. Each scene was scaring her more by every passing minute. To top that, Raman had told her that it was a real-life incident. The thought was continuously hovering over her mind while watching the movie. Raman slowly lay down on the pillow beside her.There was one scene where, the heroine hears strange noises and goes looking over in the basement with a candle. Suddenly a pair of hands clap beside her, turn so off the candle and shuts the door. That was the last straw. Ishita could not take it anymore. Her heart was literally in her mouth and in fear she gripped onto Raman's hands lying beside her. She squeezed it hard and after a few seconds, realized what she had done and immediately withdrew her hand. Raman was taken aback by her sudden grasp on his hand, but was enjoying every bit of it. With every other horror scene and the haunting music was driving her crazy. After a while, she tried to close her eyes with the pillow from seeing the scene before it could even air. Raman was enjoying her state. "Kitna darr rahi hai, par akad nahi jaa raha hai. Maan kyon nahi leti ke usse horror movies dekhna pasand nahi hai. Ab bhi Jhansi ki Rani baane ki koshish kar rahi hai.Bilkul ziddi hai" he thought to himself. Finally the climax of the movie came and by then Ishita was having all weird thoughts crossing her mind. She heaved a sigh of relief only after the movie credits finally appeared up on the screen. Raman turned off the TV and turned to her. He could see that she had been profusely perspiring.
Ram: Ishita tumhaare maate pe itna paseen kyon hai.?
Ish: Woh Raman mujhe garmi lag rahi thi na issliye
Ram: Arrey Wah Ishita. Sardi ke mausam mei bhi tujhe garmi lagti hai. Sach mei tu super woman hai
He said teasingly.
Ishita gave a slight smile and tried to avoid the situation and said:
Ish: Goodnight Raman. Aap bhi jaake soyiye.
Ram: Goodnight Ishita
He muttered in his mind "I really dont know if it will be a good night for you my JKR"
Ishita retired to the couch with her pillow and comforter. Raman lay on the bed and closed his eyes. Ishita was constantly tossing and turning in her bed. She obviously could not sleep as the scenes were rewinding in her mind over and over again. Raman peeped from under his bedsheet and looked at her while she struggled trying to fall asleep. He had a slight smirk on his face. he knew she wasn't going to sleep tonight. She turned around and saw the wardrobe and instantly the scene of the witch jumping from the wardrobe reappeared in front of her eyes. She immediately turned to the opposite side not to face the wardrobe. As she looked at the window she could hear the wind howling and there were some clothes hung there which were swaying with the wind reminding her of some scenes from the movie. With every passing second, Ishita's fears were only raising. She cursed to herself saying "Kya zaroorat thi tumhe raavan Kumar ka challenge accept karne ka and horror movie dekhne ka. Ab dekho you're not able to get a wink of sleep. Aiyo murugan. Ab mei kaise soongi". With that, an idea flashed to her mind. She decided to sleep on the bed next to Raman. "Ab mai bahaar bhi akeli nahi so sakti hoon. Roohi bhi Amma ke yaha gayi hai. Abhi mujhe iss Raavan Kumar ke pass hi sona chahiye. Agar kuch hoga toh bhi yeh mere paas honge. Atleast I'll be releived a little if I sleep next to him". So she took her pillow and moved towards the bed. She settled in the comforter beside him, leaning towards the other edge of the bed, ensuring that there is enough gap in between them. Raman had drifted to sleep by then. She turned towards the side away from him and closed her eyes to sleep. Still she couldn't get herself to sleep. Though lying down beside Raman on the bed kept her more brave than lying alone on the couch. She continued to toss and turn and couldnt get herself to sleep.In sleep, Raman had drifted towards the center of the bed. Ishita was trying hard to forget about the movie, but nothing was helping her. Just then she looked at the clock, lying on the table beside her bad. To her horror, it struck 3:07 AM , the Devil's hour. Ishita feaked out on seeing the clock. She instantly correlated to how all the clocks in the movie stopped at this particular instant of time. Becoming more paranoid, she turned towards Raman to face the wardrobe. Instantly in fear, she moved towards Raman's arms, hugged him with her left hand and buried her face in his chest and shut her eyes tight breathing heavily. Unconsciously Raman held onto her and embraced her tightly with his right arm around her. She felt secured in his embrace. She felt her fear vanishing away as she realized that his strong protective hands were around her. Nothing bad could happen to her as long as he was around her. She did realize her position with him was way too intimate, but at that moment of time nothing else mattered to her than to lie secured in his embrace. After ahwile she slowly drifted to sleep.
The morning's sun rays struck on the faces of the peacefully sleeping couple. In sleep and all the tossing and turning, Ishita had turned with her back facing Raman's chest. Raman's hands were entwined in hers and his head was resting on her neck. When she opened her eyes, she could feel his breath on her neck and that was stirring sensations within her which she didn't know existed. She realized how intimate their position was and turned to face Raman. She quickly recollected what all had transpired through the night and smacked at herself. As she turned towards Raman, he stirred and woke up to see her beautiful and divine face merely inches away from him. He couldn't stop staring and mesmerizing her angelic face. For few seconds, they were lost in each other's eyes. She remembered the last time she had slept this close to him was when their bed had broken down. Seeing him so close to her she had freaked out and yelled "Chee". But today, it was a different story altogether. Suddenly it did not feel so wrong after all. Both of them continued to capture each other in their respective gazes. Finally they had to break the eyelock and thier state of trance, when Raman's phone alarm went off. Raman switched it off and looked at her and muttered to himself "Kitni khoobsurat nazaara dehkne ko mila aaj subah subah, mera din kitna accha chalega". Ishita heard him mumbling and said:
Ish: Raman aapne kuch kaha?
Ram: Kuch nahi. Waise madam aap to waha aapke couch pe soye hui thi..Toh phir yaha aap kaise pahunchi?
Ishita suddenly felt flushed and did not know what to tell him. She fumbled:
Ish: Woh Raman..mai na..woh..woh..
Ram: Woh woh kya Ishita? Neend nahi aayi mere bagair couch pe? He said winking at her. Ishita widened her eys in shock and said:
Ish: Raman yeh aap kya kkeh rahe hai..Aisa kuch nahi..Woh mujhe window ke paas thodi si tandh lagrahi thi isliye mai yaha bed pe sone aagayo.
Ram: Accha madam. Kal aapke paseena dekhke toh mujhe laga ke aapko bahut garmi ho rahi thi movie dekhne ke baad.
Saying so, he trapped her in her own words. She couldnt face him now and continued to fumble:
Ish: Raman woh mai..woh..woh..Aapko kaise bataaon..Woh.
Raman placed his finger on her lip and hushed her. She closed her eyes instantly and felt jolted by his sudden touch. She slowly opened his eyes when he started talking:
Ram: Shhh..kuch mat kaho..Waise mai bura nahi manoonga agar tum mere paas aakar iss bed par so bhi gayi toh. You are always welcome my JKR. He again winked at her while he said that.
A small smile and a tinge of blush crept up her face. Not able to face his gaze, she got up hurriedly to move away from him immediately. In a split second she landed back on his chest, while her forehead made contact with his lips. She clung onto his arm tightly for support and shut her eyes close. He realized the sudden reason for her fall had been her long luscious hair. She suddenly became conscious of his pressing lips against her forehead. She held on to his arms and thrusted herself upwards facing him. He held her by her arms and straightened himself upon the bed, not moving his eyes away from hers even for a second. She lowered her gaze and tried to figure out what had prevented her from running away from him. She found one of her long locks of hair entwirled in his watch. He always had the habit of sleeping with his watch on. At first she patiently tried to unwind her stuck hairs from, but sensing the proximity with him and the havoc it was creating in her sanity, she tried pulling her hair away not caring if it would snap. His gaze was constantly on her while he saw her struggling to try and get away as soon as possible from there. Though he loved the effect he was having on her, he took pity and finally decided to help her. He held her hand and gently brushed it aside. She looked up at him in surprise. He slowly opened the watch and removed it off his hand. He placed it on his lap and carefully tried to remove the hair strand. It was well knotted in the mass of steel. He slowly untangled her lock of hair free without ensuring no damage being caused and trying his best not to make her wince in pain. After all, he loved those luscious long hairlocks of hers- It was indeed very precious to him as was she. She still had her gaze lowered when he said:
Ram: Ho gaya..
Ish: Thank You Raman
Ram: Pleasure is all mine
He said winking at her. Now she hurriedly got up and ran to the wardrobe, grabbed her towel and clothes and darted towards the bathroom. Before she could leave the room Raman yelled out to her and she turned to look at him:
Ram: Ishita suno
Ish: Haan Raman boliye
Ram: Aaaj ke baad, mujhe lagta hai ke saath mei humein horror movies zyaada deknne chahiye..Hai na?
Saying that, a huge smile spread across his face, while he looked at her lovingly. Her face went a deep crimson color and she smiled looking at him, and then hurried off to the bathroom, while he ran his fingers through his hair with pleasant thoughts of all the beautiful moments that had transpired between them since the previous night.
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So that's it folksđ. I really hope you enjoyed reading the OSâď¸. Please feel free to provide your comments/suggestions/feedback, as it really helps me think how I can make it better and at the same time inspires me to write more.đ
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